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The Age Of Exploration Isn't Over
Not even on earth. Not even in California.
McDermott says he's never laid eyes on the nearly 400-foot waterfall that park officials recently discovered in a remote corner of the Whiskeytown National Recreation Area, 43,000 acres of wilderness in northern California.
"Sure, I was surprised," he said from his home in the park, where he's lived for more than 70 years. "I've been all around that place, I never seen 'em."
Posted by Rand Simberg at August 12, 2005 07:32 AM
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Well, I hate to say it but- the only reason that waterfall was unknown is that it's on government land. If it had been on private land- it would have been photographed, mapped, surveyed, measured, and most of all TAXED!
Posted by SpaceCat at August 12, 2005 01:09 PM
I'm with you, SpaceCat! Let's pave the national parks!
Posted by Joe Athelli at August 13, 2005 07:08 AM
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